December 2, 2015 Breakfast Seminar

Date: Dec 02, 2015

The Top Things You Should Know About HSS Connections

Presented By: Brad Fletcher, S.E.
Senior Sales Engineer, Atlas Tube

HSS connections have often been a source of mystery for some engineers. This presentation attempts to de-mystify these connections. While this is not a "how-to" guide, the presentation will highlight areas of HSS connection design that are often overlooked or misunderstood. Connection types that are addressed include tension, shear, moment and truss connections. Attendees will gain an appreciation of the similarities and the subtle differences between HSS connections and other types of connections.
About Our Speaker: Brad Fletcher, S.E., is the senior sales engineer at Atlas Tube. In this role, Brad leverages his 24 years of experience in engineering design and the steel industry to provide technical expertise on the use of steel hollow structural sections (HSS) and pipe piling products to design engineers, detailers, fabricators and architects.

A registered structural engineer in the state of Illinois, Brad has held senior positions at leading architecture and engineering firms, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Sargent & Lundy; and Halvorson and Partners. For the past eight years, most recently while working at Tata Steel (formerly known as Corus) and now with Atlas Tube, Brad has focused his efforts on serving as a liaison between structural designers and the steel industry.

Brad holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in civil engineering (BSCE, MSCE) from Purdue University. He is active in many industry groups, including the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) and ASTM International. Brad is active within AISC, participating in the Technical Committees responsible for the AISC Specification, as well as the HSS Producers Group. Brad is also on the Board of the CISC Education and Research Council (formerly SSEF) in Canada and the S16 Technical Committee for the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).